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Kansas Senate wraps final day: adopts education, tax and rural hospital measures and several local sales-tax authorizations
Summary
On the last day of the 2026 session the Kansas Senate adopted multiple conference committee reports including HB 2763 on school recess and a Kansas physical fitness test, HB 2029 reconciling statutes, SB 300 addressing single-factor apportionment for certain alcohol manufacturers, SB 430 correcting revisor errors, SB 82 concerning rural emergency hospitals and tax credits, and HB 2535 authorizing local sales taxes for select counties. Several measures passed by comfortable margins.
The Kansas Senate completed its final day of the 2026 regular session by approving a package of conference committee reports covering education, statutory reconciliation, tax and health measures and local sales-tax authorities.
Conference committee reports adopted included:
- House Bill 2763 — advanced after presentation by Senator Erickson (Senator from Sedgwick). The bill would establish minimum recess requirements in public schools, include recess time in school-term calculations beginning in the 2027–28 school year, and direct the State Board of Education to establish a Kansas physical-fitness test. The Senate adopted the conference committee report; final vote on the floor was 29–10 in favor. "We removed the portion of Senate Bill 339 to take out the food added in school lunches," Erickson said while summarizing conference action.
- House Bill 2029 — a statutory-reconciliation bill presented by Senator Billinger (Senator from Sherman) that would repeal superseded statute versions and create single continuing versions of amended statutes. HB 2029 passed the Senate 39–0.
- Senate Bill 300 — presented by Senator Dietrich (Senator from Shawnee), the bill incorporates a single-factor apportionment provision (originally House Bill 2773) and an additional decoupling change related to global intangible low-taxed income; the Department of Revenue reported no fiscal impact and sponsors said the provision would apply to "five or fewer" corporate filers. SB 300 passed 39–0.
- Senate Bill 430 — described by Senator Gossage (Johnson) as a reconciliation correcting a revisor error and reconciling provisions from five previously signed bills (including two theft-related measures, two expungement bills and House Bill 2365). SB 430 passed 38–0.
- Senate Bill 82 — presented by Senator Masterson, this bill includes provisions affecting rural emergency hospitals, an extension of the RAWS program was removed by the House, and the final package included ethanol, child care and gun-storage tax credits plus the repeal of certain unused credits. Senator Bollinger questioned whether the RAWS program ends without the extension; the sponsor said the removal would allow expiration. SB 82 passed the Senate 36–2.
- House Bill 2535 — the bill as adopted is largely a vehicle for local sales-tax authorizations for Labette, Leavenworth and Butler counties and an apportionment freeze; Senator Masterson said the version was pared down to counties that "have been serious about it." HB 2535 passed 30–8.
Floor votes occurred by roll call and were recorded by the clerk. The measures that required constitutional-majority approval were declared passed where applicable. Several senators used their explanations of vote to raise concerns about process, fairness in choosing local jurisdictions for sales-tax authority and the timing of last-minute amendments.
After completing votes and brief final remarks, the majority leader moved to adjourn sine die; the presiding officer declared the 2026 session adjourned sine die.
Next steps: Bills that passed the Senate proceed to the House (or to the governor, where appropriate) for further action; members and staff begin post-session wrap-up and implementation planning for enacted measures.
